Richard D. Law

Professor

The primary focus of my research is in structural geology and tectonics. The common theme in the majority of my research projects has been to investigate the cause and effect relationships between deformation processes operating on different scales. These projects frequently involve integration of data from the crystal lattice or individual mineral grain scale, up through the hand sample and outcrop scales, to the scale of individual mountain belts. Study areas have included: 1) the Himalaya of Pakistan, NW India, Nepal and southern Tibet; 2) Caledonides of northern Scotland; 3) Armorican Massif of western Brittany; 4) Orocopia Mountains of southern California; 5) White-Inyo Mountains of eastern California; 6) Brooks Range of northern Alaska.

Education

Ph.D., 1981, Chelsea College, London University
M.Sc., 1977, Imperial College, London University
B.Sc., 1975, Kingston University

Andy Parsons awarded John Ramsay Medal of Geological Society of London's Tectonic Studies Group in 2017 for G Cubed paper. Medal awarded to postgraduate or recent graduate judged to have produced best publication arising directly from a PhD project in the field of tectonics and structural geology.